This is where our Stewart history ends. We have been told that Archibald was the third son of a Mr. Stewart. The story goes that they received an inheritance from a relative that had lived in the southern USA. The older brother came over to see about collect their inheritance. He was not heard from and the second brother came over to see what was going on. He was also not heard from. By this time Archibald had joined the Mormon Church and the family decided to immigrate to Utah. The family figured that if Archibald could get to Utah, he could then earn enough money to send for his family. He made it as far as Council Bluffs, Iowa before he ran out of money. In order to finance the rest of his trip, he started working on the farm of an apostate family. They convinced him to try and find his brothers before he continued on to Utah. He died from cholera just before he was to leave for the south. His family back in Scotland was devastated but they all started working to wards accruing enough money to finance their trip to Utah. Finally, after four years, his wife and family had sufficient funds and they left Scotland to immigrate to Utah. The family made it as far as the outfitting station near Kansas City, MO before disaster struck again. While they were camped at the outfitting station, both Esther and her son Archibald died from cholera.

His twenty-year old sister Mary Stewart Campbell, a young bride, and his eighteen-year old sister Ann, assumed the the care of the younger children. They crossed the plains in the Daniel Harris Company, settling in Salt Lake City, Utah. The orphans continued on, arriving in Salt Lake City, Utah on October 3, 1854.  They lived there until the general move south at the time the city was evacuated upon the arrival of Johnson's army. They went to Spanish Fork.

In the spring of 1859, he came to Plain City, Utah in the care of his sister Martha and her husband William Geddes. The city had just been laid out and William Lyle, a lad of twelve years commenced working on the roads and bridges and thus began a life for himself.